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Brilliant Beacons : A History of the American Lighthouse by Eric Jay Dolin...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780871406682
- Book Title
- Brilliant Beacons : a History of the American Lighthouse
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Travel, Transportation, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Navigation, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / General, American Government / National
- Item Width
- 6.7 in
- Item Weight
- 34 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
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In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
ISBN-10
0871406683
ISBN-13
9780871406682
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211891538
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brilliant Beacons : a History of the American Lighthouse
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Navigation, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / General, American Government / National
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Transportation, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Item Weight
34 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Vk1023.D65 2016
Reviews
What better place to watch the United States taking shape than from its lighthouses? And what better author to take us to them than Eric Jay Dolin? With his usual narrative flair and wonderfully entertaining writing style, Dolin sheds all sorts of new light on American history., A marvelously interesting and entertaining narrative...A skillful dramatist of such events, Dolin is as good a portraitist of characters who built and kept lighthouses...Dolin moves forward to chronicle the construction of numerous impressive towers in wildly windswept, picturesque settings. These classic lighthouses, featured in the book's many illustrations, and the keepers' tales attached to them exert an ineffably romantic attraction richly conveyed in Dolin's admirable presentation., No other book on the topic is as detailed and well written. Brilliant Beacons should be required reading for anyone interested in American history., This meticulously researched and fascinating book isn't just for maritime history buffs but for all of us who appreciate little-known tales of days gone by., The author of other masterly works on key aspects of American history and growth (Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America, 2010, etc.), Dolin here presents a thoughtful, straightforward chronicle of the American lighthouse, from the earliest, completed in 1716 at Little Brewster, in Boston Harbor, as a harbinger of burgeoning Colonial maritime growth, to the death of the last civilian keeper--at the Coney Island Lighthouse--in 2003...A delightful journey with excellent sketches, renderings, and resources for museums and organizations., Eric Jay Dolin has crafted a master work of research and storytelling. Brilliant Beacons is a fascinating ride through the rich history of lighthouses as strategic prizes in war, sources of technological innovation, and inspiration for architectural ingenuity that combines grace and strength. This is a book for anyone who has gazed with awe upon the sea., Here we have a full-bodied and fabulous history of one of America's most scenic and formative icons, the coastal beacons that defined a young nation's economic drive and determination to own the seas. Readers familiar with the irresistible narratives Dolin delivered in Leviathan or Fur, Fortune, and Empire can be confident that he has now done the same for the riveting history of America's lighthouses., Eric Jay Dolin looks beyond the postcard romance of lighthouses to reveal a vibrant and vital history. From shipwrecks and wartime raids to poetry, bird migration, and the physics of refraction, Brilliant Beacons is a fascinating, page-turning, and, yes, illuminating read.
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-044089
Dewey Decimal
387.1/550973
Dewey Edition
23
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